i agree with you about Argento running out of steam since Opera, and apart from one or two good ideas in Sleepless and The stendahl syndrome his films were rubbish later on.
but i still think that in his hey day he surpass Bava with better camera work and music. bava may have started the giallos but argento perfected it.
and it was argento i knew long before bava so i guess it't a personal preference. i also still need to see more of bavas films as i only discovered his work a short while ago. having said that, one film i didn't enjoy was Girl who knew to much.
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